Harshavardhan N.

Head of Talent

Delhi, India12 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

12+ years in talent acquisition leadership
Expert in data-driven recruitment strategies
Passionate about building inclusive teams

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in the Human Resources industry with a focus on strategic hiring.

Contact

harshavardhan.nakkana@genpact.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionLeadership Hiring

Other Skills

Candidate EngagementCandidate Process ManagementCandidate ScreeningCreative SourcingDirect RecruitmentDiversity HiringEnd to End Offer ManagementEnd to End RecruitmentHiring AnalyticsInterview CoordinationMarket IntelligenceProcess OptimizationRecruitmentRecruitment AnalyticsRecruitment Strategy

About

Talent Acquisition leader with 12+ years of progressive experience driving end-to-end recruitment strategy across lateral, leadership, and volume hiring within the Finance, Accounts, Supply Chain, Analytics, and Customer Operations domains. I bring deep expertise in managing the complete recruitment lifecycle—from job intake to candidate onboarding—while ensuring a superior experience for both candidates and stakeholders. My approach is rooted in data-driven decision-making, process excellence, and strategic sourcing through referrals, headhunting, market mapping, and social hiring tools like LinkedIn. At the core of my success lies a strong focus on: 1.Reducing hiring cost and offer drops 2.Enhancing candidate & stakeholder experience 3.Leading high-volume hiring drives under tight deadlines 4.Managing niche and complex skill requirements 5.Driving recruitment analytics and continuous process improvement Passionate about building inclusive, future-ready teams, I aim to elevate hiring as a strategic business function. Currently managing hiring across multiple geographies and F&A verticals, I am also pursuing a Green Belt certification to further integrate efficiency and innovation into talent acquisition. 📌 Specialties: Talent Strategy | Leadership Hiring | F&A Hiring | Volume & Niche Recruitment | Diversity Hiring | Process Optimization | Hiring Analytics | Stakeholder Management | Team Mentorship

Experience

Genpact

2 roles

Senior Manager Recruitment

Promoted

Nov 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Manager | Lateral & Leadership Hiring

Apr 2019 – Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Staying ahead of the curve by forecasting hiring demands while partnering with the business to design a recruitment plan leading to timely targeted closure of the requisitions.
Strategizing sourcing for meeting the target hire numbers by efficient and consistent pipelining through hiring portals like LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, IIM Jobs, ATS Database and internal hiring mechanisms like Sourcing Jams and Referral Campaigns.
Stakeholder management by conducting weekly meetings to discuss current and projected candidate pipeline and offer updates. Problem solve the challenges faced in hiring by educating the hiring managers with through-put data, peer group comparison, competitor/industry talent mapping.
End to End Offer Management for external candidates through offer negotiation and generating offer letters. Ensuring smooth transition from offer to joining.
Hiring dashboard presentation in weekly/monthly/quarterly meetings with the business leaders to provide requisition level update by regularly maintaining MIS and ATS. Strict adherence to the processes and policies of the organization.
Launched, led and participated in recruiting programs like “Recruitathon” and “Video Job Description.”

Strategic HiringStakeholder ManagementEnd to End Offer ManagementRecruitment AnalyticsSourcing ManagementTalent Acquisition+1

Amazon

Recruiter | Lateral & Leadership Hiring

May 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos · Greater Delhi Area

End to end recruitment life cycle management for lateral & Leadership hiring requirements for Amazon various services tower cutting across domains including Finops, Analytics, Operations and WFM.
Hiring demand forecast by partnering with business to design a recruitment strategy eventually leading to a timely closure.
Market Intelligence Reports to educate hiring managers by delivering research projects involving competitor talent maps, industry maps and compensation-based mapping.
Candidate process management - preliminary screening, scheduling interviews with business stakeholders. Feedback management ensuring optimal candidate experience. Administrating end to end offer rollout, pre-joining and post-joining formalities.
Hiring dashboard presentation by participating in weekly/monthly/quarterly meetings with the business to provide requisition level update.
Actively involved in: Setting up Virtual Sources Team, Internal branding, TA process improvement

End to End RecruitmentMarket IntelligenceCandidate Process ManagementTalent AcquisitionLeadership Hiring

Genpact

Management Trainee | Leadership Hiring

Oct 2013 – Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Responsible for Middle level and Leadership Hiring for Genpact Delhi/NCR, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata & Jaipur in BPM division
Led Direct Recruitment (Zero/Low Cost Hiring Channel); in-house tele-recruitment team of 08 FTE’s.
Lead a team of 08 Recruiters - assigning monthly target, tracking daily/monthly progress, performance management, rewards etc.
Tracking business ramp-ups & backfill ask fulfillment progress, ensuring 100% delivery within defined TAT; keeping BU/OPS & other stakeholders updated
Hiring candidates for diverse skill sets; Technical, Non-Technical, Voice, Semi-Voice & Non-Voice processes of both International & Domestic Clients from Technology, BFSI, Healthcare & Telecom domains.
Handled new hire/trainee experience; clarifying queries, doubts, and grievances related to policies, training, compensation & benefits etc.
Hands-on experience of using job portals Naukri, Monster, TimesJobs , Shine & LinkedIn as hiring tools

Direct RecruitmentTeam ManagementStakeholder CommunicationLeadership Hiring

Deep sea shipping

Operations Executive(Human Resource)

Feb 2013 – Apr 2013 · 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Recruitment Utilizing various sourcing method like Web portals (i.e.Jobships.com)
Referring Internal Database, Employee referrals.
Screening & short-listing candidates profile as per the requirements of clients.
Coordinating with candidates for interview & conducting telephonic interview before short listing candidates.
Interacting with candidate, doing initial screening. Understand their competencies & skill sets, checking his fitment for the position.
Providing complete, accurate, and inspiring information to candidates about the company.
Proposing the candidate profile to the client for his approval.
Preparing candidates for interviewing with the clients by providing detailed information about the company profile and its procedures.
Arranging for personal interview on short listing, having good co-ordination with the client arranging the final interview.
Coordinating with the company and with candidates after company selects the candidate.
Performing detailed reference checking on selected candidates and reviews results with clients.
Maintaining daily/ weekly/monthly reports such as interview status reports, closure reports & feedback reports.